Oregon’s football team popped up in the news in a big way today when the NCAA announced sanctions against the program. The general consensus is that the Ducks got off light, and Pat Forde of Yahoo! took that stance when writing about former Oregon coach Chip Kelly, who is entering his first year in the NFL with the Philadelphia Eagles.

What’s interesting is that Forde also brings up Pete Carroll, equating his departure from USC ahead of heavy NCAA sanctions with what Kelly did at Oregon. Here’s Forde’s article.